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An independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting the facts about our changing climate and its impact on the public.

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Climate Central surveys and conducts scientific research on climate change and informs the public of key findings. Our scientists publish and our journalists report on climate science, energy, sea level rise. Read More

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In addition to being experts in their respective fields, Climate Central's staff have developed innovative programs that draw upon the use and translation of large climate datasets for our partners.

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Sea Level Rise

Two years in the making, our sea level rise project allows you to search or navigate interactive mapsto see areas below different amounts of sea level rise and flooding — down to neighborhood scale — matched with area timelines of risk. The tool also provides statistics of population, homes and land affected by city, county and state, plus links to reports, fact sheets, action plans, embeddable widgets and more.

The new map incorporates the latest, high-resolution, high-accuracy lidar elevation data supplied by NOAA, displays points of interest, and contains layers displaying social vulnerability and population density. It provides the ability to search by location name or zip code.

Climate Central will launch the web tool for all U.S. coastal states on a state-by-state basis, starting in 2014.

The Risk Finder incorporates the latest, high-resolution, high-accuracy lidar elevation data supplied by NOAA and assesses exposure of over 100 infrastructure and other elements — from airports to road miles, from schools to hospitals to wastewater treatment plants — in order to allow users to explore vulnerability from zip code through city, county and state levels. It provides the ability to compare risk across areas, as well as the ability to analyze the likelihood of coastal flood and sea level threats occurring in the future by decade.

Currently available for 23 coastal states and Washington D.C.

**For more information on Sea Level Rise, please contact Dan Rizza, Manager for External Relations and Business Development for Climate Central and the Program on Sea Level Rise: drizza@climatecentral.org